An index theorem for the stability of periodic travelling waves of Korteweg–de Vries type

DOI10.1017/S0308210510001216zbMath1230.35118arXiv0907.4331OpenAlexW2045381003WikidataQ107199725 ScholiaQ107199725MaRDI QIDQ3106513

Todd Kapitula, Mathew A. Johnson, Jared C. Bronski

Publication date: 28 December 2011

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section A Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.4331

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Stability in context of PDEs (35B35) KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) Periodic solutions to PDEs (35B10) Traveling wave solutions (35C07)

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